Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kengeri 2

Also called Mylasandra Lake-2, Sunkalpalya Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Kengeri Kote ward ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
12.2 acresAbout 6.9 football pitches
Rank by size
656th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 8% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1913, 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    On the survey map

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  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  4. 1973

    Not on the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 18% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    3% of its water area has since gone dry; 21% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    8% encroached, clean, 16.1 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  10. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 2% open water
    • 98% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 98% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built
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How big it is

The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.

Drawn outline
12.2 acres

About 6.9 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
16.1 acres

About 9.1 football pitches

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End to end
438 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
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What pollutes it, 2018

Road runoff

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0627.298.71,058682474.39.5231.311.821.612.6500
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.10 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners and the public

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Taken for

Layout road & temple

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Where it is encroached

On the west and south-west side

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

56% trees, 20% built, 13% shrubs, 8% crops, 3% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kengeri 1

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Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vrishabhavathi Valley 180MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.2 km away, treats 180 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
130 species

Most seen: Indian Peafowl, Indian Pond-Heron, Black Kite, Common Myna and Gray Heron.

4,315 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
137 species

4,322 records, 2016 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
2
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
  • River Tern vulnerable
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Photographed on iNaturalist
35 times

26 species, 24 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Grey Heron, Oriental Darter, Purple Heron, Indian Pond-Heron and Eurasian Coot.

Last seen Apr 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and snakes

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

BGS building, forest, shed church & vacant land

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 20
Kengeri Kote ward

ಕೆಂಗೇರಿ ಕೋಟೆ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

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Village
Mallasandra (Mylasandra)

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

27 (Mylasandra), 66 (Kengeri)

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Height above sea level
814 m
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Coordinates

12.9062° N, 77.4962° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
337
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGmls_kr1-1263
KGIS tank map
1160
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302870/006